There was a 'Responsible Pet Ownership' exhibition at Ngee Ann Civic Plaza organised by AVA and the various Animal Welfare Organisation Sat 26th and Sun 2th Nov. You could have all your questions answered there. There were also the 'Singapore Specials' up for adoption. These dog would be really hardy and little to worry about genetic defects and worth consideration.

Actually my understanding of a Pedigree dog would be that it is your insurance, if you like, against unknown genetic defects in the dog. There are the known inherent genetic defects which is hard if not impossible to get rid. The purpose of pedigree certification is to ensure that a pup comes from good blood also of pedigree stocks. The responsible breeder will not use a dog that is known to have a genetic defect for breeding. If strict adherence to this is followed you should end up having better, healthier pups. Of course there are always the irresponsible breeder so you could still have a pedigree dog that is 'less than perfect'.

Behaviour wise I am a strong believer that Nurture is equally if not more important than nature. I like to put it this way ... "there are no stubborn, stupid, lazy, demanding dog, only untrained ones and ignorant owners.

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